Letting lawmakers vote their conscience is a good opportunity for the city’s executive-led system to earn the backing of public opinion

Before humans invented law, human behaviour was governed by innate moral ethics. This is the starting point of all laws across the world. Theft is illegal, murder is a crime – these are universally accepted moral standards.

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